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[winter is coming]

38. Chris Hayes intereviewed her tonight.

DWS acknowledges that "a smattering" of the DNC would like more debates, but says that isn't going to happen, because the 26 debates we had for the '08 election were too many. Apparently, the only options are 6 or 26???

Supposedly, the number of debates is being limited so the candidates will have more time to campaign and take their message to the people. And that can't be done--potentially for millions of voters--during a nationally televised debate?

DWS claims that they coordinated with all the campaigns in re the debate structure before it was announced, clearly implying that the campaigns had input into and were okay with current set-up. Hayes countered that O'Malley has said his campaign was not consulted. Without overtly calling O'Malley a liar, DWS implied as much. It will interesting to see/hear O'Malley's response, as I expect he's telling the truth and hasn't got much to lose by calling DWS out.

At this point, I'm not sure what will happen. Part of me wishes DWS would yield sooner rather than later, because it's not good to have the GOP candidates catapulting their bullshit while Dems do nothing. It makes us look like our candidates are ill-prepared or don't have any ideas/policies to put forth. On the other hand, the longer DWS drags her feet, the heavier that anvil around her neck becomes, and the more likely it is that this mess will finish her in politics, which would trouble me not at all.